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A multi-centre pilot study of iodine status in UK schoolchildren, aged 8–10 years

PURPOSE: Iodine, as an essential constituent of thyroid hormones, is required for brain development. Iodine status is low in some UK population groups, notably in teenage girls, women of childbearing age and pregnant women. We aimed to assess iodine status of UK schoolchildren as there are no data o...

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Autores principales: Bath, Sarah C., Combet, Emilie, Scully, Patrick, Zimmermann, Michael B., Hampshire-Jones, Katharine H. C., Rayman, Margaret P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26276556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1014-y